diff --git a/modules/photo/perf/opencl/perf_denoising.cpp b/modules/photo/perf/opencl/perf_denoising.cpp
index 0a0a2d6b53..cd0d3a2420 100644
--- a/modules/photo/perf/opencl/perf_denoising.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/perf/opencl/perf_denoising.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DenoisingColored)
     SANITY_CHECK(result);
 }
 
-OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DESABLED_DenoisingGrayscaleMulti)
+OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DISABLED_DenoisingGrayscaleMulti)
 {
     const int imgs_count = 3;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DESABLED_DenoisingGrayscaleMulti)
     SANITY_CHECK(result);
 }
 
-OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DESABLED_DenoisingColoredMulti)
+OCL_PERF_TEST(Photo, DISABLED_DenoisingColoredMulti)
 {
     const int imgs_count = 3;
 
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
index a3aa0f41f9..c9670f452d 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
@@ -86,15 +86,20 @@ void cv::fastNlMeansDenoisingColored( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst,
                                       float h, float hForColorComponents,
                                       int templateWindowSize, int searchWindowSize)
 {
-    Mat src = _src.getMat();
-    _dst.create(src.size(), src.type());
-    Mat dst = _dst.getMat();
-
-    if (src.type() != CV_8UC3) {
+    if (_src.type() != CV_8UC3)
+    {
         CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Type of input image should be CV_8UC3!");
         return;
     }
 
+    CV_OCL_RUN(_src.dims() <= 2 && (_dst.isUMat() || _src.isUMat()),
+                ocl_fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(_src, _dst, h, hForColorComponents,
+                                                templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize))
+
+    Mat src = _src.getMat();
+    _dst.create(src.size(), src.type());
+    Mat dst = _dst.getMat();
+
     Mat src_lab;
     cvtColor(src, src_lab, COLOR_LBGR2Lab);
 
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/fast_nlmeans_denoising_opencl.hpp b/modules/photo/src/fast_nlmeans_denoising_opencl.hpp
index 3a7037aeaa..9e4cd06090 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/fast_nlmeans_denoising_opencl.hpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/fast_nlmeans_denoising_opencl.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,38 @@ static bool ocl_fastNlMeansDenoising(InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, float h,
     return k.run(2, globalsize, localsize, false);
 }
 
+static bool ocl_fastNlMeansDenoisingColored( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst,
+                                      float h, float hForColorComponents,
+                                      int templateWindowSize, int searchWindowSize)
+{
+    UMat src = _src.getUMat();
+    _dst.create(src.size(), src.type());
+    UMat dst = _dst.getUMat();
+
+    UMat src_lab;
+    cvtColor(src, src_lab, COLOR_LBGR2Lab);
+
+    UMat l(src.size(), CV_8U);
+    UMat ab(src.size(), CV_8UC2);
+    std::vector<UMat> l_ab(2), l_ab_denoised(2);
+    l_ab[0] = l;
+    l_ab[1] = ab;
+    l_ab_denoised[0].create(src.size(), CV_8U);
+    l_ab_denoised[1].create(src.size(), CV_8UC2);
+
+    int from_to[] = { 0,0, 1,1, 2,2 };
+    mixChannels(std::vector<UMat>(1, src_lab), l_ab, from_to, 3);
+
+    fastNlMeansDenoising(l_ab[0], l_ab_denoised[0], h, templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize);
+    fastNlMeansDenoising(l_ab[1], l_ab_denoised[1], hForColorComponents, templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize);
+
+    UMat dst_lab(src.size(), src.type());
+    mixChannels(l_ab_denoised, std::vector<UMat>(1, dst_lab), from_to, 3);
+
+    cvtColor(dst_lab, dst, COLOR_Lab2LBGR);
+    return true;
+}
+
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/photo/test/ocl/test_denoising.cpp b/modules/photo/test/ocl/test_denoising.cpp
index 6630b0291c..51de634622 100644
--- a/modules/photo/test/ocl/test_denoising.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/test/ocl/test_denoising.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,23 @@ OCL_TEST_P(FastNlMeansDenoising, Mat)
     }
 }
 
+typedef FastNlMeansDenoisingTestBase fastNlMeansDenoisingColored;
+
+OCL_TEST_P(fastNlMeansDenoisingColored, Mat)
+{
+    for (int j = 0; j < test_loop_times; j++)
+    {
+        generateTestData();
+
+        OCL_OFF(cv::fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(src_roi, dst_roi, h, h, templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize));
+        OCL_ON(cv::fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(usrc_roi, udst_roi, h, h, templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize));
+
+        OCL_EXPECT_MATS_NEAR(dst, 1)
+    }
+}
+
 OCL_INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Photo, FastNlMeansDenoising, Combine(Values(1, 2), Bool()));
+OCL_INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Photo, fastNlMeansDenoisingColored, Combine(Values(Channels(3)), Bool()));
 
 } } // namespace cvtest::ocl